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VVC VC VCC VCe
chief wrap smell whine
fruit twig sharp theme
brief when thank brave
scout plot front scale
groan clog climb phone
stain quit trust quote
*VVC=vowel, vowel, consonant *VC=vowel, consonant
*VCC=vowel, consonant, consonant *VCe=vowel, consonant ending in ‘e’.
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VC double VVC nothing
get getting ask asking
swim swimming yell yelling
run running rest resting
sit sitting stand standing
shut shutting pass passing
jump jumping
pick picking
Sort 3
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VCe drop-e , add -ing VVC just add -ing
use using eat eating
close closing moan moaning
write writing dream dreaming
wave waving look looking
trade trading clean cleaning
skate skating mail mailing
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Double e- drop nothing
Setting hiking reading
Cutting moving adding
Stopping living spelling
Begging coming floating
Grinning having feeling
Jogging taking talking
Humming pushing
fixing
working
going
snowing
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double e-drop nothing
hopped hoped joined
planned saved waited
grabbed closed seemed
nodded scored shouted
stepped lived passed
dropped named wanted
stirred acted
helped
started
chewed
mixed
Sort 6
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present past present past
sleep slept sweep swept
keep kept drive drove
slide slid bleed bled
shine shone know knew
freeze froze throw threw
draw drew say said
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Add –es add –s oddball
-ch -sh -x -s
benches brushes foxes guesses horses clothes
speeches splashes mixes kisses voices
scratches crashes classes changes
churches ashes places
peaches leashes
sketches
ditches
branches
watches
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Fe > ves vowel change no change
Wife wives foot feet sheep
Leaf leaves woman women deet
Loaf loaves mouse mice
Life lives tooth teeth
Wolf wolves goose geese
Knife knives
Sort 9
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base + s + ed + ing base + es + ed + ing
play plays played playing fry fries fried frying
stay stays stayed staying cry cries cried crying
spray sprays sprayed spraying spy spies spied spying
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Bookcase lighthouse downhill headache snowman
Bookmark lightweight downstairs headfirst snowflake
Bookworm daylight downtown headlight snowstorm
Cookbook flashlight downpour headphones snowplow
Scrapbook sunlight countdown headstrong
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_______________________________________________________________________________
somebody himself anyone everything without inside
_____________________________________________________________________________________
(something) themselves everyone anything outside beside
sometime yourself (someone) nothing throughout sideways
somewhere herself (something) checkout
somehow myself
(someone) itself
**The words something and someone can be sorted into different categories so they are in parentheses. **
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VCV VCCV Oddball
Super ruler supper kitten busy
Diner crazy dinner hello
Tiger open happy letter
Later tiny pretty lesson
Paper penny summer
Even puppy
Over rabbit
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VCV VCCV doublet VCCV different Oddball
silent happen number water
female better winter only
fever follow problem
moment funny after
yellow finger
pattern sister
bottom chapter
pillow member
blanket
window
**VCV- vowel, consonant, vowel
**VCCV doublet- vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel where the two consonants are the same letter
**VCCV different- vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel where the two consonants are different letters.
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V/C (long) VC/V (Short) VVCV (long)
Human never seven reason
Pilot river present meeting
Frozen visit second peanut
Student wagon minute leader
Humor planet sneaker
Lazy lemon easy
Music finish
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VCC/CV VC/CCV V/V
athlete pilgrim create poem
kingdom complete poet giant
pumpkin monster riot
halfway kitchen duet
English control trial
mushroom hundred cruel
inspect lion
children diet
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VCV VCCV VVCV
hoping hopping cleaned
quoted plotting leaking
faded wrapped greeted
racing nodded shouting
skated painted floated
saving panting needed
joking winning
hunted
telling
letting
skipping
Sort 17
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1st 2nd oddball
rainbow awake explain chocolate
painter contain remain again
raisin complain obey
crayon decay
mayor mistake
maybe parade
bracelet escape
pavement amaze
basement today
payment
*All words have a long ‘a’ sound (cake). The students are listening to hear where they hear the long ‘a’ sound (1st syllable or 2nd syllable). “Chocolate” and “again” are oddballs because they should follow the long ‘a’ pattern but don’t have a long ‘a’ sound.
Sort 18
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1st 2nd Oddball
frighten beside machine
ninety delight forgive
higher surprise favorite
driveway decide
slightly advice
lightning survive
sidewalk combine
highway arrive
brightly provide
invite
describe
polite
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1st 2nd Oddball
toaster bowling below Europe
hostess soldier explode
lonely postage suppose
owner coaster compose
lower decode
lonesome remote
loafer alone
poster approach
soapy awoke
erode
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1st 2nd
rooster scooter include pollute
Tuesday beauty refuse reduce
useful cougar amuse balloon
jewel fewer confuse cartoon
doodle chewy cocoon raccoon
toothache noodle excuse shampoo
Sort 21
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1st long 1st short 2nd long
needle feather succeed
season leather increase
reader heavy compete
feature pleasant defeat
freedom sweater indeed
meaning steady extreme
eastern healthy fifteen
people thirteen
repeat
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voyage moisture drowsy about country
annoy poison allow county trouble
loyal noisy coward counter double
employ appoint powder thousand southern
destroy avoid amount
around
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au aw al oddball
saucer awful also laughed
author awkward always all right
August lawyer almost
autumn awesome although
laundry gnawed already
caution gawking
faucet flawless
sausage
auction
haunted
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1st ar 1st long –a 2nd long –a Oddball
garden airplane compare toward
market parents aware
carpet haircut despair
harvest dairy repair
marble carry declare
hardly careful beware
partner barely
pardon fairy
barber
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1st (r sound) 2nd(r sound) oddball
morning forty before ignore sorry
shorter northern record adore reward
order border perform inform
forest corncob ashore
corner chorus report
normal florist explore
stormy
Sort 26
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War wor wa
Warmth quarrel worker worthwhile watch squad
Wardrobe swarm worse waffle
Warning dwarf world wander
Warden backward worry squat
Warrior worthy squash
Quarter worship squabble
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er ir ur oddball
nervous thirty sturdy spirit
person firmly purpose every
perfect dirty further
certain birthday hurry
mermaid thirsty purple
perhaps birdbath turtle
service furnish
during
Thursday
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Er= /ur/ ear= /ur/ ear / ere / eer
Mercy early nearby severe career
Sermon earthquake teardrop sincere cheerful
Serpent learner spearmint adhere
Hermit pearly yearbook mercy
Thermos rehearse appear
Kernel yearn dreary
Sort 29
VCle VCCle doublet VCCle
title little simple
cradle middle tremble
able settle single
table bottle muscle
bugle apple sample
bridle paddle jungle
cable giggle handle
battle candle
Sort 30
-le -el -il -al oddball
cattle model until final fragile
saddle level April total special
couple angel fossil metal
angle novel evil signal
cancel pencil local
vowel journal
travel
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-er -or -ar
other color collar
mother doctor dollar
weather favor solar
cover flavor sugar
silver mirror grammar
under motor
father rumor
flower tractor
spider harbor
rather
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People Who Do Things Words Used to Compare
Dancer actor beggar bigger
Dreamer sailor burglar sooner
Driver traitor longer
Farmer tutor smaller
Jogger fresher
Writer younger
Shopper older
Swimmer smoother
Voter brighter
Sort 33
-cher=/chur/ -ture=/chur/ -sure=/zhur/ -ure=/yur/
catcher picture measure figure
rancher nature pressure failure
teacher capture pleasure
pitcher future leisure
mixture treasure oddball
creature senior
pasture danger
posture
torture
culture
injure
Sort 34
-en -on -ain -in oddball
broken dragon mountain cousin mission
eleven cotton captain cabin
hidden gallon bargain napkin
heaven ribbon fountain penguin
chosen prison curtain muffin
stolen bacon
mitten
Sort 35
-et -it -ate oddball
jacket edit climate ballet
secret unit private buffet
target credit pirate
racket limit senate
quiet habit
comet orbit
rocket summit
closet bandit
magnet merit
Sort 36
-ey -ie -y = e -y = i
money cookie very July
monkey movie candy deny
journey brownie dizzy reply
valley goalie twenty
turkey eerie cherry
donkey pinkie body
volley story
berry
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+ ing + ed + s
vowel + y obeying obeyed obeys
enjoying enjoyed enjoys
decaying decayed decays
consonant + y replying replied replies
studying studied studies
copying copied copies
carrying carried carries
hurrying hurried hurries
Sort 38
a- de- be- oddball
away debate because divide
another degree believe direct
awhile depend between upon
along desire beneath
among develop beyond
against defend begin
afraid
aloud
agreed
Sort 39
Soft c Soft g Hard c Hard g
cement gentle correct gather
circle gymnast common gossip
central giraffe contest golden
century genius college garage
cyclist general custom gutter
cider gingerbread collect
cereal
Sort 40
Ce= /s/ ss= /s/ -ge- = /j/ age = /ij/
Notice recess budget bandage
Police princess midget garbage
Sentence actress gadget manage
Distance address surgeon** luggage
Office compass package
Science village
Practice message
Courage
**Surgeon may be sorted as an oddball
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gu- -gue -g Oddball
guess tongue ladybug gauge
guard vague zigzag language
guitar league shrug argue
guide fatigue iceberg
guilty plague strong
guest intrigue catalog
dialog
Sort 42
-ck -ck- -ic -x oddball
shock chicken magic relax stomach
quick pocket attic index
hammock nickel traffic perplex
attack pickle topic complex
buckle picnic
ticket metric
frantic
fabric
plastic
Sort 43
1st syllable 2nd syllable qu=k
question equal antique
quality frequent racquet
squirrel tranquil mosquito
squirm request conquer
quaint sequel technique
quiver banquet
quizzes inquire
queasy liquid
squeaky require
sequence
**Students are listening for the “qu” sound in the first syllable of the word or the second syllable of the word. The words in the “qu=k” category have a “qu” that makes the “k” sound.
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Silent t silent g silent w silent k silent h silent gh
Castle design wrinkle knuckle honest through
Whistle resign wreckage knowledge honor thought
Fasten assign (wrestle) rhyme brought
Listen answer rhythm bought
Often though
Soften
(wrestle)
Sort 45
Ph- -ph- gh-/f/ silent gh
Phrase alphabet enough daughter
Physics dolphin cough naughty
Phantom elephant tough taught
Phone nephew rough caught
Orphan laughter fought
Trophy
Triumph
Paragraph
Sort 46
Re- un- oddball
Rebuild retrace unable unsteady uncle
Recopy retake unkind unusual reptile
Recycle retell unfair unbeaten
Refill review uneven unselfish
Reuse remodel unequal uncertain
Rewrite unhappy
Sort 47
Dis- mis- pre- oddball
Disagree misspell preschool precious
Dislike mistreat prefix
Disable mismatch premature
Disobey misplace preteen
Discover misbehave preview
Dishonest misjudge preheat
Disloyal pretest
Disappear precaution
Discomfort
Sort 48
Ex- non- in- fore-
Exit nonsense incomplete forecast
Extend nonfiction incorrect forearm
Extra nonstop indecent forehead
Express nonfat income foresee
Exclude indoor foreshadow
Exclaim indent foremost
Expand insight
Sort 49
Uni- bi- tri- other
Unicycle bicycle tricycle quadrangle
United biweekly trilogy pentagon
Unicorn bisect triangle octagon
Unique bilingual triple octopus
Union triplet October
Unison tripod
Uniform trio
Universe
Sort 50
-y -ly -ily
sunny stormy slowly loudly happily
rainy chilly quicky daily easily
foggy cloudy clearly roughly angrily
snowy windy dimly smoothly lazily
misty breezy quietly noisily
Sort 51
-er -est -ier -iest
braver bravest happier happiest
calmer calmest easier easiest
closer closest prettier prettiest
stronger strongest crazier craziest
cooler coolest dirtier
hotter hottest
weaker weakest
Sort 52
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-ness -ful -less Combination of suffixes
darkness graceful homeless carelessness
goodness colorful hopeless thankfulness
weakness thoughtful worthless helplessness
illness painful restless peacefulness
kindness fearful penniless
happiness dreadful harmless
plentiful
Sort 53
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berry bury vary very
cellar seller hire higher
weather whether desert dessert
allowed aloud metal medal
flour flower chews choose
bored board merry marry
they’re there their
Sort 55
Answer keys are for parents only.
ie= long -e ei= long -e cei= long –e ei= long –a oddball
thief seize receive neighbor mischief
niece weird ceiling eighteen
priest either deceive weigh
grief neither conceit sleigh
shield receipt freight
relieve reign
yield
belief
Sort 56
2 Syllables 3 Syllables 4 Syllables
ocean continent geography
climate Atlantic environment
Asia equator population
Arctic Africa Antarctica
Europe Indian information
island Pacific America
tropical temperature
Australia
hemisphere
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